Last year, Vitality Dance Teacher Conference at Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) introduced free online professional development sessions for dance educators to keep them feeling ‘refreshed’ between conferences. This year, Dance Teacher Refresh returns with a duo of sessions focussed specifically on you as dance educators. Following a recent survey conducted with educators in partnership with […]

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Mental health, performance strategies and self-regulation are key elements for personal and professional success. Will Centurion, Counselling and Life Coaching for Actors, Singers and Dancers, has helped numerous artists achieve just this.  In a world where demands and expectations are high, it’s important to treat yourself with kindness, and evolve through the process and harness […]

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“You look great – you must have lost weight!” It’s a fairly common compliment (or at least something meant as a compliment). Modern conversations around body image and overall wellness have called such compliments into question, because – while most likely well-meaning – such comments can actually do more harm than good.  Such comments could […]

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You can take the person out of the dance class, but can you take the dance class out of the person? Even after we leave the studio and the structure of a dance class, I think we can all agree that there are habits and ways of operating that we take with us wherever we […]

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Crowood Press has released an in-depth and practical guide to understanding how performance psychology can assist in dance. If you have ever wondered what to teach students about the mindset they need to bring to their work, or if you are a dancer grappling with the many forms of persistence required to become professional, Performance Psychology […]

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The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the Australian live entertainment industry, leaving thousands of gig-to-gig onstage and offstage professionals with unlimited unemployment. The crisis has not only been – and continues to be – financially crippling, but it has also affected our mental health. Prior to the pandemic, the prevalence of mental health problems across […]

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